Support.



W. A. POWEL.

SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.23,1913.

1 0 9 95 Patented Mar. 10, 191i WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO-YWASNINGTON. n. c.

WARREN A. POWEL, OF TAYLORVILLE, ILLINOIS.

SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 23. 1913.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 791,322.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WVARREN A. PO-WEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Taylorville, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to the laying of water mains in trenches or the like, and its object is to provide a new and improved support more especially designed for holding the pipe sections of the water main in position in the trench for conveniently joining adjacent sections, and for pouring the lead into the bell or spigot joints a distance above the bottom of the trench to avoid cutting bell holes for leading and calking purposes, the support being arranged to permit of gradually lowering the united pipe sections to their final resting place in the bottom of the trench.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of two supporting members adapted to rest on the bottom of the trench and having cut-out seating portions at their opposite edges for supporting a pipe section, the members having arms extending upwardly from the said seating portions and a connecting link removably engaging said arms to hold the supporting members normally in closed supporting position, the said. link on being removed allowing the supporting members to gradually move apart at their lower ends to allow the pipe section to settle gradually in the trench.

A practical embodiment of the invention represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the support in position for supporting a pipe section; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of a modified form of link used for connecting the sup porting members with each other when laying largesized water mains.

The improved support consists essentially of two members A, A having straight bottoms adapted to rest on the bottom of a trench or the like in which a water main formed of pipe sections B is to be laid. The members A and A have the inner edges at their bases abutting, as plainly shown in Fig. 1, and the inner edges of the members A, A are provided with registerin cut-out portions A A fitting the side and bottom portions of a corresponding pipe section B. The cut-out portions A, A are located a distance above the bottom of the supporting members A, r with a view to hold the pipe section B a desired distance above the bottom of the trench to allow of conveniently joining adjacent pipe sections with each other and for pouring the lead into the joints and calking the same without requiring the cutting of hell holes as now practised for leading and calking purposes.

The supporting members A, A are provided with side arms A", A extending upwardly from the cut-out portions of the members A, A and the said side arms A A have their inner edges approximately arranged parallel while their outer edges are tapering in an upward and inward direction, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The side arms A", A are adapted to be engaged by a link O to hold the side arms A, A against spreading during the time the pipe section B is held in position in the seat formed by the cut-out portions A and A of the mem bers A, A. The opposite edges A", A extending from the bottoms of the members A, A to the lower ends of the cut'out portions A A are inclined upwardly and outwardly so that when the link C is gradually moved upward on the arms A", A after the pipe sections 13 have been joined then the members A, A gradually spread apart owing to the downward pressure exerted by the supported pipe section B to allow the latter to gradually settle until it finally reaches its resting place in the bottom of the trench.

The removable link shown in Fig. 1 can be readily driven into position on the arms A", A when closing the members A, A, or be removed from the said arms when it is desired to lower the pipe section, as above described. This link C is well adapted for use on supports for pipes say up to six inches in diameter, but when laying water mains formed of pipes of larger diameters use is preferably made of a link D, such as shown in Fig. 2. This link D has end loops D, D adapted to engage the side arms A, A the same as the link C, and the loops D, D- are adjustably connected with each other preferably by a turnbuckle D, as indicated in Fig. 2, to permit of drawing the side arms A, A toward each other or to allow the side arms to move apart according to the direction in which the turnbuckle is turned.

The support shown and described is very simple and durable in construction and is composed of comparatively few parts, not liable easily to get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A support for supporting a pipe in a trench or the like, comprising a pair of supporting members adapted to rest on the bottom of the trench and provided with registering cut-out portions at their opposite edges, the said cut-out portions forming a seat for the pipe to rest in, the said members having arms extending upwardly from the cut-out portions, and a link removably connected with the said arms.

2. A support for supporting a pipe in a trench or the like, comprising a pair of supporting members adapted to rest on the bottom of the trench and provided with cutout' registering portions at their opposite edges, the said cut-out portions forming a seat for the pipe to rest in, the said cut-out portions being located a distance above the bottoms of the members and the opposite edges or the members from the cut-out portions to the bottoms of the members being converging, the said members having arms extending upwardly from the cut-out portions, and a link removably connected with the said arms.

3. A support for supporting a pipe in a trench or the like, comprising a pairof supporting members adapted to rest on the bottom of the trench and provided with registering cut-out portions at their opposite edges, the said cut-out portions forming a seat for the pipe to rest in, the said members having arms extending upwardly from the cut-out portions, the inner edges of the said arms being approximately parallel and the outer edges of the arms being tapering upwardly and inwardly, and a link removably engaging the said arms to hold the latter normally in closed position;

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WARREN A. POWEL.

Vitnesses:

J. L. MoMANUs, E. E. I-IARNER.

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